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NEW YORK CITY: When the time came for Bashar Jaafari, Syria’s former UN permanent representative, to leave New York, only one person saw him off at JFK airport: his loyal office assistant. The symbolism of the moment perhaps eluded the lady as she waved goodbye to the diplomat disappearing through the throng of travelers: Nothing more than Jaafari’s lonely departure could embody the image of Bashar Assad’s regime as it stands isolated on the world stage today. Jaafari went back to Damascus where he would take up his functions as deputy minister for foreign affairs, back into the arms of...

NEW YORK: Emotions ran high during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, as permanent members traded jabs and accusations. It came as Geir Pedersen, the UN’s special envoy for Syria, and Mark Lowcock,  under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, delivered the latest sobering warnings about the plight of the Syrian people, after a decade of death and destruction caused by the Civil War. They urged the international community not to turn its back on Syrians and the humanitarian crisis they face. Bashar Jaafari, the former Syrian representat...

Combination of Crises is Creating a Human ‘Tsunami...Crashing Across Syria' Published January 21st, 2021 - 07:18 GMT A veiled woman stands carrying a child alongside others during the release of persons suspected of being related to Islamic State (IS) group fighters from the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on January 19, 2021. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP Highlights “This is a fragile calm (that) could break down at any moment,” said Pedersen. Emotions ran high during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, as permanent members tr...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria and close ally Russia clashed with the U.S. and other...

NEW YORK: Syria’s former permanent representative to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, drew on his nation’s literary heritage during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday. He addressed the council as its members discussed the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons against its own people, and its failure to comply with a Security Council resolution ordering the destruction of